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The book discusses the evolution of the urban chronotope in the selected novels by Peter Ackroyd, an acclaimed British author. The examined narratives illustrate the transformation from the postmodern tenets of historiographic metafiction into a unique urban mythopoetics by means of a semiotic analysis.

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Contents: Peter Ackroyd – London – City – Chronotope – Semiosphere – Semiotics – Contemporary English literature.

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    A Hardback by Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim, Marta Komsta

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9783631626184, 978-3631626184
      ISBN10: 3631626185

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book discusses the evolution of the urban chronotope in the selected novels by Peter Ackroyd, an acclaimed British author. The examined narratives illustrate the transformation from the postmodern tenets of historiographic metafiction into a unique urban mythopoetics by means of a semiotic analysis.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Peter Ackroyd – London – City – Chronotope – Semiosphere – Semiotics – Contemporary English literature.

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